save
Cross references:
1. rescue
1. save or save.able \'sa-v\ \'sa--v*-b*l\ vb [ME saven, fr. OF salver, fr.
LL salvare, fr. L salvus]safe - more at SAFE 1a: to deliver from sin 1b:
to rescue or deliver from danger or harm 1c: to preserve or guard from
injury, destruction, or loss 2: to put by as a store or reserve :
ACCUMULATE 3a: to make unnecessary : AVOID {it ~s an hour's wai ting} 3b1:
to keep from being lost to an opponent 3b2: to prevent an opponent from
scoring or winning 4: MAINTAIN, PRESERVE {~ appearances} 1: to rescue or
deliver someone 2a: to put by money {would rather ~ than spend} 2b: to
avoid unnecessary waste or expense : ECONOMIZE 3: to make a save -
sava.ble aj
2. save n : a play that prevents an opponent from scoring or winning
3. save \(.)sa-v\ pp [ME sauf, fr. OF, fr. sauf, adj., safe - more at SAFE]
1: with the exception of : BARRING {nothing in common ~ th eir fears} 2:
other than : BUT, EXCEPT {no hope ~ one}
4. save \(.)sa-v\ cj 1: were it not : ONLY - used with that 2: BUT, EXCEPT
- used before a word often taken to be the su bject of a clause {no one
knows about it ~ she} 3: UNLESS {~ they could be plucked asunder, all my
quest wer e but in vain -Alfred Tennyson}